Norms in Community-Based Organic Farming

Maya Damayanti, Prihadi Nugroho and Wido Prananing Tyas
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Maya Damayanti: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Diponegoro University, 50275 Semarang, Indonesia
Prihadi Nugroho: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Diponegoro University, 50275 Semarang, Indonesia
Wido Prananing Tyas: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Diponegoro University, 50275 Semarang, Indonesia

Agriculture, 2018, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-10

Abstract: In integrated organic farming, smallholder farmers tend to work collectively in a group with the norms that bind their behaviours. This study aims to explore norms among the farmers with the case of organic rice farming in Ketapang Village, Susukan Sub district, Semarang, Indonesia. The study employed the qualitative case study method and applied Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis and Development framework. The norms among these farmers included only planting local varieties, using natural pest repellent, jointly cultivating the land, fairness in water distribution and prioritising rice consumption for farming families rather than profiting from the sale of rice products.

Keywords: organic farming; farmers’ group; IAD framework; action situations; norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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